Day 5

Waking up was funny, Chimchar was laying flat on his stomach with his feet off the pillow, Gible off the side looking at me and Starly standing over me. I bobbed my head forth letting my nose hit his beak. He laughed.

"Morning Luna." I heard Riley say. I turned to see him on the other side of his bed putting his shirt on.

"Morning." I looked over at Riolu. He looked like a little baby curled up with him clenching onto the blanket. "Aw Riolu looks to cute." I said quietly so that Riolu didn't wake up. "I have to draw this." I got up and went straight to my back pack. I pulled out my sketch book and a pencil. I sat back on my bed and started to draw. The light was just right so that I could get a good view of Riolu.

Riley came over and looked at what I had so far. I had only just started but I had drawn out the blanket and Riolu's head. "Wow that's amazing Luna."

"Thanks but I'm not done. If you want I could draw you in the picture to."

"Na I'll pass maybe next time." he went to the desk.

"Hey Riley?"

"Yeah?" "What do you think we should do now I mean we have the contest set and ready to go do you just want to go get the costumes and come back or do you want to go out for lunch and browse around?" I asked while sketching out Riolu.

"I think we should do both I mean it's a nice day we could even go train some more when we come back."

"Yeah I guess." I was starting off okay but now its just boring. Right when Riolu woke up I finished the picture. "Morning Riolu. Look at what I did." I turned the picture around and showed him. Riolu's face light up with embarrassment. "Its okay Riolu I won't show anyone else okay?"

"Its okay Luna."

I blinked a few times and almost jumped off the bed.

"What?" asked Riley.

"I think Riolu just talked." I stood up.

"I'm talking to you telepathically. Riley can't hear me."

"Really? I can't hear him." said Riley.

"See he can't hear me only you can." I was amazed and freaked out at the same time but this would be normal for me right?

"Uh okay . . . " I started to scratch my head.

"Your confused aren't you Luna?" asked Riolu.

"A little." I spoke to him like he was an actual human being not a pokemon.

"Well don't be at least now I can talk to someone."

"Well how come Riley can't talk to you?"

"I don't know?" Riolu looked at Riley and Riley looked at both of us like we were total wack jobs.

"Why are you staring at us like that?" I asked.

"Like what?"

"Your looking at us like were some sort of wack jobs."

"No I was wondering why I can't talk to Riolu like you do." I felt really sorry for him.

"We were just talking about that. I'm sorry Riley."

"Don't be sooner or later Riolu will Evolve and he can talk outside of your mind."

"I hope so cuz this could get really weird afterward."

"You got that right." said Riolu. He and I laughed a little before I got dressed out of my pj's into some real clothes. I out on a green shirt with a black over coat, black skinny jeans and my black and green shoes. I looked at my head band and thought, "Maybe I should call my mom," I looked back into my past and when I was ten she was the one who gave me this headband.

"Luna are you okay?"

I didn't answer I was too drifted off into space to hear him. Riley came behind me and when he touched my back I came back to reality.

"Luna are you okay?" he asked.

I looked up and said, "Yay I'm fine."

He rubbed my back and said, "You want to talk?"

"Na I'm fine I'll tell you some other time."

"You sure?" I nodded and got to changing leaving Riley crouched on the floor. I took a shower to wake myself up when I got dressed and walked out with my hair still wet Riley was out side the door waiting for me. "Luna what's wrong?"

"Nothing I'm Riley." I didn't want to talk about my mother right now so I patted his shoulder and went to my bed to get my shoes on.

"There's something your not telling me."

"There is but I'm not going to tell you right now is that okay with you!" I almost shouted at him but I stopped myself and looked at the floor. "I'm sorry Luna."

"It's okay it was mostly my fault." I put my shoes on and sat there. Chimchar climbed into my lap and looked up at me. He didn't look happy he looked concerned. "I'm okay Chimchar don't look at me like that." I put up a fake smile to make him smile.

"Your not okay your thinking about something that's bugging you all along hasn't it?" asked Riolu.

I looked at him and spoke threw the aura I didn't want Riley to bug me about it later. I looked down and started speaking threw aura, "Yes it's my mother. When my journey began I had ran away from home to see a friend that turned out to be Professor Oak. I wouldn't have meet you guys with out the Professor."

"Please Luna look at me and tell me what's is wrong?" Riley sat on the bed across from me with Riolu next to him.

Riolu said, "You should tell him this he is the kind that will listen."

I shouted out, "No!" got up and ran out the door. Chimchar immediately raced after me along with Riley and the others following. I raced to the stairs and started to jump down off from rail to rail looking like a wild pokemon on the loose.

"Luna please stop!" shouted Riley.

I kept running and not looking back I ran down the street into the forest out of sight from anyone. I couldn't stop running or crying so as I knew it, it was pouring like that one night when I found out my father died. "My apologize but your father is dead Luna he died from an unknown cause." I did the same thing as I was doing now.

Still running I found the cliff again and looked over. I stepped back and looked up into the sky. "What do I do now?" I questioned myself for a while until I couldn't feel the rain anymore.

~with Riley and the others~

"Luna! Luna where are you!" shouted Riley. He couldn't keep up with Luna she was too fast for him to keep up with.

Riolu tugged on Riley's pants and pointed back to the Cliffside.

"What the hell is she doing there?"

Riolu jumped up and touched Riley's forehead. "I'm trying to tell you that she's at the Cliffside but about 100 yards north of the spot from before dammit."

"I can hear you!" Riley was happy. He followed Riolu and guided the others to Luna.

~Cliffside~

Looking up into the sky shows endless thoughts drifting and washing away from me. I couldn't think of anything to do.

"Luna?" I heard Riley shout out. My body was frozen I couldn't move a muscle I felt like I was frozen in ice. When I did turn around Riley was under a tree looking at me. "Luna? Pleas Luna don't run."

All I could say was, "Riley?" I lost it tears started to slid down my cheeks.

"Yeah it's me."

I looked back up into the sky and I just collapsed. Riley ran over to me and held me in his arms. I couldn't stop crying,

"Luna I'm right here I always will be." Riley held me tighter. I gripped his shirt and I was closer to stop crying but I still was. "Come on lets get back to the Hotel I'll make you some hot tea."

I sniffed and nodded clenching onto his shirt tighter.

At the Hotel Riley sat of the floor next to the window with me still in his arms I slowly stopped crying.

"Luna are you okay?"

I looked up at him and nodded. I pushed my gaze out toward the city trying to look up at Riley.

"Please look at me." he had an arm around my waist and his other hand behind my neck making sure I can't look the other way. "You can tell me anything."

"I know that now." I kept my trying to get out of his grip but I was pretty stuck on his grip there was no way getting out.

"Your not going to tell me are you?" he loosened his grip around my waist but kept his hand behind my neck the same. "Luna you can trust me okay you can tell me anything you want."

"I don't even know what to start with Riley."

"Okay then maybe if you sleep you can think of something in the morning." He let go of my neck and let me stand up but even when I was standing Riley was right behind me.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I don't want you to fall and hurt yourself."

"I'm fine Riley I can do things by myself." I turned around and grabbed my cloths and went to the bed. "You see now could you go to the bathroom so I can change."

"Sure why not!" he sounded irritated. The sink turned on and off. He was brushing his teeth.

After changing Riley came back and saw that I was standing by the window. "Luna?" I didn't turn around I was too off in my own mind to care if I was either acting strange or not, even his touch didn't bring me back, I was too far off in my own mind. "Luna look at me please?" In my mind I thought it was my father talking to me I feel to my knees and looked up into the stars.

"Dad?" I spoke out like I was actually talking to him.

"Luna?" I finally heard Riley say. I sunk back and he caught me. "Luna are you okay?"

"Riley . . ." I was out of it I couldn't think straight or move around like I usually can when things like this happen. I just melted into his arms and all I could remember hearing me say, "Riley I . . . "